Agadir – Eight countries reaffirmed their support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as a basis for resolving the dispute over Western Sahara during discussions at the United Nations in New York on Monday, October 12.
Djibouti, the Dominican Republic, Benin, Togo, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, and Antigua and Barbuda renewed their positions before the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly.
The eight countries described the initiative, which proposes autonomy for the territory under Moroccan sovereignty, as a “credible, realistic, and pragmatic” basis for reaching a definitive, just, and lasting political solution to the regional dispute.
They also backed the plan as the only credible and serious basis for ending the dispute, according to the position outlined in their statements.
Their statements add to international support for Morocco’s autonomy proposal, which Rabat presented in 2007 as a framework for resolving the dispute over Western Sahara.
The Fourth Committee, also known as the Special Political and Decolonization Committee, addresses decolonization matters and other political issues within the United Nations system.
The dispute over Western Sahara remains on the UN agenda, with international efforts continuing to seek a political solution.
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